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The Aug. 31 graphic "Can V.P. picks make a difference?" says Joe Biden "is popular among . . . the working class." How popular could Biden be with the hourly-waged when, with $214,000 in MBNA contributions to his Senate campaigns, he voted for the 2005 bankruptcy bill, making it harder for Americans to declare bankruptcy and permitting credit card companies to charge loan-shark interest rates? The 2005 vote was the third time Biden said "yea," as George W. Bush was willing to sign off on the bill after Bill Clinton twice vetoed it. Should working-class Americans, losing their shirts because of layoffs and medical bills, think highly of Biden after he worked to take away the protection from creditors that they once had?